What is ghosting and what to do to erase the hurt?
Philippine Entertainment Portal (Mandaluyong City, Philippines) – Aug. 1
Ghosting is a dating term described by Merriam-Webster.com as the “phenomenon of leaving a relationship of some kind by abruptly ending all contact with the other person, and especially electronic contact, like texts, emails, and chats.” This dating term has been around since 2006, and it became a byword in 2012 with the sudden popularity of online dating apps. Ghosting is a cruel and cowardly way of ending a relationship. In an article published in PsychologyToday.com, clinical psychologist and journalist Dr. Vinita Mehta lists five of the most common themes why people ghost. The list is based on a study led by Dr. Leah LeFebvre of the University of Alabama on why and how ghosters choose to end their relationship in this manner. According to the study, one of the main reasons why people ghost is for “convenience by comparison to other breakup strategies.”
Shooting attacks more common
USA Today – Aug. 1
In the past 10 years, America has entered a new and disturbing era of mass shootings. The number of incidents is increasing, according to FBI data, and they are becoming more deadly. Though they often give lip service to a cause, “at its core, it’s all really personal,” said Adam Lankford, a criminology professor at the University of Alabama who studies mass shootings. This mindset is sometimes referred to as being an “injustice collector,” Lankford said. These men, and they are overwhelmingly men, often feel that they’ve been personally wronged, mistreated or overlooked, he said.
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Finding its NICHE Owensboro Health works on becoming more senior-friendly
Messenger-Inquirer – Aug. 1
NICHE stands for Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders, a program developed by New York University and the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The international nursing education and consulting program is designed to improve elder care…The closest exemplar, or senior-friendly, hospitals are in Seymour, Indiana, and at The University of Alabama. The University of Alabama became a NICHE member about 10 years ago. It took the research university health system six years to achieve exemplar status. OHRH’s team visited the University of Alabama to learn the ins and outs of crafting a local NICHE program.
Entrepreneurship at the EDGE (live interview)
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – July 31
Our special guest tonight is Miller Girvin. You are very accomplished in the business world, and you are using your knowledge to help other people to be entrepreneurs as part of the advisory board for The Edge, correct? Yes. I have been on that advisory board for a few months now, and it has been a wonderful experience working with Teresa Wellborne over there and the ventures that are coming out of The Edge. It’s a great facility.
UA Political Science Professor comments on Democratic Debate
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – July 31
How far to the left do the Democrats dare go? The ten presidential candidates that debated last night in Detroit agreed on a lot of things. They want to boost wages, lower healthcare costs, empower unions and make changes to our country’s energy industry to protect the environment and fend off a climate catastrophe that candidates say is a decade or so away…UA political science professor Dr. Allen Linken gives us his take.
Online Education PhDs Ranked by OnlineCollegePlan
Cision – July 31
Teachers are known for having a passion for education, but sometimes, their own has to take a back seat due to time or money. Someone at that level in their career obviously has many obligations to juggle, which can make the dream of achieving their PhD, the pinnacle of academic honor, seem too far off to become a reality. Other rankings included Top 5 Online PhD Programs in Elementary Education, with these schools coming in as the best in the nation: 1. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE); 2. University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Finding The Mother Of All Floods
The Chattanoogan (Tennessee) – July 31
Massive floods, far larger than February’s record-breaking rainfall, have occurred in the Tennessee Valley. The big questions are: when did they happen, will such large floods occur again and if they do, how often? A team of researchers from the University of Alabama and Tennessee Valley Authority are on a mission to find evidence of the worst floods in the region’s history.
University of Alabama honors area students
Courier-Times (Asheboro, North Carolina) – July 31
The University of Alabama announced local students who made the Dean’s and President’s lists for the spring 2019. The university also awarded degrees during spring 2019 commencement and had a local student who received a degree.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – July 31
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Altamont Enterprise (New York) – July 31